January 11 News - Hoover Elementary School

January 11, 2016
Dates to Remember
January 15th
Skatenight
January 18
No School
Martin Luther King Day
January 22nd Winter Blast: PTA is
asking our class to bring in an item
for a basket called “All About
Girls” dolls, diaries, hair
accessories, jewelry, etc.
January 29th
No School
Teacher Work Day
February 2nd
PTA Meeting
February 3rd
Kindergarten Registration
February 5th
Report Cards Go Home
Weather
The weather has been crazy this
winter. Please make sure that
your child is prepared for
whatever the outside recess might
bring!!
Station
We have been doing lots of things at
Work Stations... Snowman Write the
Room, Gingerbread Numbers: guess to
find the fox, Writing. Winter Sentences,
Tablet: story listening & starfall,
ABC Dominos,
File Folder: learning games, Read To Self,
Word Box Writing: building and writing
with magnetic letters
Kindergarten Learning
Writing Workshop
During writing we have been working
on the following: Self-help
strategies. They are to write and
illustrate for at least 20 minutes to
build writing stamina
We have been making pattern books
and they are doing an excellent job. I
have kept their books at school for
the class to read. They will be
coming home soon.
Guided Reading
Please continue to do the nightly
reading with your child. This is so
important. Remember to sign the
reading log. I can see so much
growth when children read each
night. Thanks for helping your child
return their book bags when they
bring them home.
Want to Add a Picture
Homework to Expect This
Instead of Text?
Kindergarten Learning Continued
Week
Everyday Math
We will focus more on skip counting in math stations. Use dice to add and do
Click on a text box. Go
Monday:
blah, blah, blah, blah,
counting games. We will create number stories doing addition and subtraction. The
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blah,
blah,
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tohave
themore
insert
menu to
calculator
will
be introduced
and the children will
fun opportunities
blah
explore with calculators. For the report card students will be working to count to 100
above and insert a
and farther, know shapes, sort objects,
picture!
J objects with
count on from
number,
compare
it), describe
Tuesday:
blah,a blah,
blah,
blah, 2 numbers (top
attributes,
build
andblah,
draw blah,
two-dimensional objects, and use shapes to make larger
blah,
blah,
blah,
objects.
blah
Science
We continue to learn more about the senses. The children did a shake and listen
Wednesday:
blah, blah, blah,
game before break. They were very good at that. We will be starting our Senses
blah,
blah,
blah,
blah,
journalblah,
and do
more
hands
on things such as feeling cold, hot, soft, hard, rough and
blah,
blah
smooth.
We will also do a fun smelling guessing game.
Computer
Labblah, blah, blah,
Thursday:
blah,
blah,
blah,This
blah,
blah,
Raz Kids:
has blah,
become
the main focus in computer lab and an option to do at
home. I am encouraging students to get a feel for this program in computer lab and
blah
they are working to memorize their passwords. I noticed many are doing Raz Kids at
home. KUDOS! To the parents that have been supporting this.
In our Housekeeping Area we have
created a Hospital. We are talking about
ways to be healthy this month. The
children are having fun there as they role
model being doctors, patients and nurses.
If you can donate any bandaides to help
the boo boos, that would be great!